6. You, Pashhur, and all your household will go into exile in Babylon. You will die there and you will be buried there. The same thing will happen to all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.’”
7. Lord, you coerced me into being a prophet, and I allowed you to do it.You overcame my resistance and prevailed over me.Now I have become a constant laughingstock.Everyone ridicules me.
8. For whenever I prophesy, I must cry out,“Violence and destruction are coming!”This message from the Lord has made mean object of continual insults and derision.
9. Sometimes I think, “I will make no mention of his message.I will not speak as his messenger any more.”But then his message becomes like a firelocked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul.I grow weary of trying to hold it in;I cannot contain it.